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On the recordMay 7, 2009
Does it strike you as odd that a complex legal analysis of the anti-torture statute, or the FISA Act, that considers whether the President could violate those statutes would not even mention the Youngstown case?
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Feingold questions the omission of Youngstown case in legal analyses concerning presidential authority.

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